gangbanger
Example Sentences
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In the book, Basheer describes the gangbanger mentality as a battle to find dignity and a sense of purpose while living under socioeconomic circumstances that often deprive you of healthier ways to experience those things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
Johnson was never a gangbanger; he was one of those unsupervised boys who was “just around,” spending his time on the corner of Bassett and Dixwell, the center of his world.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022
“I ain’t no gangbanger or nothing,” he says.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2016
He comes across as the kid-next-door who loves his mom more than a hustler or gangbanger, and the sparse, soul-dipped production underlines his cleverness and off-the-cuff charm.
From Chicago Tribune ● Dec. 13, 2012
Equal parts gangbanger and flowery, sequin-covered grande dame, the new Givenchy man was as strangely ravishing as the tropical bird of paradise flowers that dressed up his military drab.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2011
